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VCUVoice ________________________ Virginia Commonwealth University _______________________ _
A Publication for
Faculty and Staff On the
University's Academic and
Medical College of
Virginia Campuses
Volume 21, Number 14
March 26, 1993
Celebrating National
Social Work Month
Page 2
The President's
Column.
Page 3
Two research profiles
look at Indonesian
activity and neuro­science
advances.
Pages 4-5
Dr. David French
strives to improve
Virginia's health care.
Page 6
Timely forum to look
at Middle East.
Page 7
Library's Millionth
Volume festivities are
scheduled for April.
Page 7
Groups on the MCV
Campus strive to
meet needs, address
interests of women
medical profeSsionals.
PageS
Newsmakers.
Page 9
University-wide stra­tegic
planning discus­sions
scheduled.
Page 10
SACS Self-Study
report.
Page 12
Ayres Steps Down as Dean, Accepts New MeV Post
By Carol Dunlap
Dr. Stephen M. Ayres, dean
of the School of Medicine since
July 1985, has announced that he
will step down from his post to
take a new position at the univer­sity,
effective June 30.
In accepting his resignation,
Dr. Eugene Trani hailed Ayres'
long and distinguished career in
medicine and particularly his
contributions to the MCV Cam­pus.
Ayres will become the
director of Sponsored Interna­tional
Programs on the MCV
Campus and will continue leading
effons for the School of
Medicine's accreditation review
and curriculum development.
"For the past eight years,
medical education, research and
service to the community have
prospered under Dr. Ayres' lead­ership.
I wish to emphasize my
appreciation that he will stay on
campus in a new capacity. VCU is
making major gains in interna­tional
agreements and will greatly
benefit from the expenise and
skills Dr. Ayres has to offer in this
arena," Trani said.
Additionally, Ayres plans to
devote effons to health policy
reform.
Ayres came to VCU from
St. Louis University in Missouri,
where he served as professor and
chair of the depanment of internal
medicine. He is a nationally rec­ognized
authority on hean and
file photo
Gorbachev To Speak at
VCU on April 12
Former Soviet Head To Receive Doctorate
Former president of the
former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, Mikael Gorbachev,
will be at VCU on April 12. The
university will present GOTbachev
with an honorary doctorate during
a one-hour program.
GOTbachev will deliver an
address and field questions from
the audience. The degree presen­tation
and lecture/discussion will
take place at II a.m. in the Uni­versity
Student Commons'
Commonwealth Ballroom.
Admission to the program
will be by ticket only. Tickets are
limited and will be given out on a
first-come basis. Students, fac ulty
and staff with a valid ID can ob­tain
tickets.
Tickets will be available for
distribution on Monday, April 5.
Tickets will be distributed at the
University Student Commons'
Information Center on the Aca­demic
Campus and at the Sanger
Hall Lobby on the MCV Campus.
Tickets will be available begin­ning
at 10 a.m.
lung diseases and the impact of
smoking on public health. His
research on the nutritional needs
of critically ill patients resulted in
major changes in the preparations
used in intravenous feedings.
Dr. John E. Jones, vice
president for health sciences, will
assume the post of acting dean in
addition to his current duties.
A search for a new dean
awaits the outcome of VCU's
Continued on page fO
Student-Faculty Dance Concert
Former chair of the dance and choreography department, Audrey
Jung, will make her Richmond choreographic debut at the
annual student-faculty concert. Concert preview, page 12.
Photo by Jean Boone·Hulchinson
Research Funding Continues
to Soar on Both Campuses
Research activity at VCU has
reached an al l-time high.
According to figures pro­vided
by the Office of the Vice
Provost for Research and Graduate
Studies, the university has received
more U,an $58 million in direct and
indirect faculty award dollars since
July I, 1992.
The bulk of the research
funding has been generated on the
MCV Campus, but the Academic
Campus has already set a record for
total research dollars.
The nine-month figure for the
Academic Campus-$II.5 mil­lion-
is the most research funding
ever generated, and university-wide
Continued on page 5 [ ______ ~J

VCUVoice ________________________ Virginia Commonwealth University _______________________ _
A Publication for
Faculty and Staff On the
University's Academic and
Medical College of
Virginia Campuses
Volume 21, Number 14
March 26, 1993
Celebrating National
Social Work Month
Page 2
The President's
Column.
Page 3
Two research profiles
look at Indonesian
activity and neuro­science
advances.
Pages 4-5
Dr. David French
strives to improve
Virginia's health care.
Page 6
Timely forum to look
at Middle East.
Page 7
Library's Millionth
Volume festivities are
scheduled for April.
Page 7
Groups on the MCV
Campus strive to
meet needs, address
interests of women
medical profeSsionals.
PageS
Newsmakers.
Page 9
University-wide stra­tegic
planning discus­sions
scheduled.
Page 10
SACS Self-Study
report.
Page 12
Ayres Steps Down as Dean, Accepts New MeV Post
By Carol Dunlap
Dr. Stephen M. Ayres, dean
of the School of Medicine since
July 1985, has announced that he
will step down from his post to
take a new position at the univer­sity,
effective June 30.
In accepting his resignation,
Dr. Eugene Trani hailed Ayres'
long and distinguished career in
medicine and particularly his
contributions to the MCV Cam­pus.
Ayres will become the
director of Sponsored Interna­tional
Programs on the MCV
Campus and will continue leading
effons for the School of
Medicine's accreditation review
and curriculum development.
"For the past eight years,
medical education, research and
service to the community have
prospered under Dr. Ayres' lead­ership.
I wish to emphasize my
appreciation that he will stay on
campus in a new capacity. VCU is
making major gains in interna­tional
agreements and will greatly
benefit from the expenise and
skills Dr. Ayres has to offer in this
arena" Trani said.
Additionally, Ayres plans to
devote effons to health policy
reform.
Ayres came to VCU from
St. Louis University in Missouri,
where he served as professor and
chair of the depanment of internal
medicine. He is a nationally rec­ognized
authority on hean and
file photo
Gorbachev To Speak at
VCU on April 12
Former Soviet Head To Receive Doctorate
Former president of the
former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, Mikael Gorbachev,
will be at VCU on April 12. The
university will present GOTbachev
with an honorary doctorate during
a one-hour program.
GOTbachev will deliver an
address and field questions from
the audience. The degree presen­tation
and lecture/discussion will
take place at II a.m. in the Uni­versity
Student Commons'
Commonwealth Ballroom.
Admission to the program
will be by ticket only. Tickets are
limited and will be given out on a
first-come basis. Students, fac ulty
and staff with a valid ID can ob­tain
tickets.
Tickets will be available for
distribution on Monday, April 5.
Tickets will be distributed at the
University Student Commons'
Information Center on the Aca­demic
Campus and at the Sanger
Hall Lobby on the MCV Campus.
Tickets will be available begin­ning
at 10 a.m.
lung diseases and the impact of
smoking on public health. His
research on the nutritional needs
of critically ill patients resulted in
major changes in the preparations
used in intravenous feedings.
Dr. John E. Jones, vice
president for health sciences, will
assume the post of acting dean in
addition to his current duties.
A search for a new dean
awaits the outcome of VCU's
Continued on page fO
Student-Faculty Dance Concert
Former chair of the dance and choreography department, Audrey
Jung, will make her Richmond choreographic debut at the
annual student-faculty concert. Concert preview, page 12.
Photo by Jean Boone·Hulchinson
Research Funding Continues
to Soar on Both Campuses
Research activity at VCU has
reached an al l-time high.
According to figures pro­vided
by the Office of the Vice
Provost for Research and Graduate
Studies, the university has received
more U,an $58 million in direct and
indirect faculty award dollars since
July I, 1992.
The bulk of the research
funding has been generated on the
MCV Campus, but the Academic
Campus has already set a record for
total research dollars.
The nine-month figure for the
Academic Campus-$II.5 mil­lion-
is the most research funding
ever generated, and university-wide
Continued on page 5 [ ______ ~J